The Islamic Rulings on Boycotting Countries like Israel, America, and others who kill Muslims.(Corrected one).

3/7/2018 12:00:00 AM
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Question: What is the Islamic ruling on boycotting countries like Israel, America, and others who kill Muslims, take their land and expel the inhabitants, spill blood, violate honor, destroy houses, burn fields, and corrupt the land?

Answer:

There is no doubt that it is prescribed to engage in jihad against the enemies of Allah, the Jews and others, with our lives and wealth. That includes every means that will weaken their economy and cause them harm. Money is the lifeblood of wars both in ancient and modern times.

The Muslims in general should cooperate in righteousness and piety and help other Muslims in all places in a way that will help them to prevail, strengthen them, enable them to manifest the symbols of religion, help them practice the teachings of Islam, implement the rulings of shari’ah, and carry out hudood punishments and whatever that will lead to their victory over the kuffaar, Jews, Christians and others.

However, It is Jihad to liberate the Islamic lands from those who attack or conquer them. These are enemies of Islam. This Jihad is an absolute obligation and a sacred duty; firstly on the people of that land. If the Muslims of that land can’t offer sufficient resistance, then Muslims of neighboring countries are obliged to assist. If this is still not sufficient then all the Muslims of the world must assist.

Jihad is obligatory against those who take land and expel it inhabitants, spill blood, violate honors, destroy houses, burn fields, and corrupt the land. Jihad is the first obligation of all obligations, and the first duty of the Ummah. Muslims are commanded to do this, first those from the land in question, after that their neighbors, and finally all Muslims.

Indeed, it has been proven beyond doubt that boycotting American and Israeli products is an effective weapon against those who usurped the land of the wronged and forcibly drive them out of the land of their ancestors for no reason.

Due to the widespread of ignorance and number of deviants claiming to be scholars and the death of righteous scholars, the issue has become ambiguous and a source of argument among some students of knowledge. Hence in the following, we will try our best to furnish you with a comprehensive answer regarding boycotting the Israeli and American products by some great contemporary Islamic scholars of Sunnah.

Shaykh Al-Albaani was asked: Given that there is war between us and the Jews, is it permissible to buy from the Jews and to have economic dealings with the European countries?

Sheikh: "Buying from the Jews?"

Questioner: Yes, and dealing with them in the European countries I mean?

Sheikh:"We do not differentiate between the Jews and the Christians in terms of dealing with them in those countries.

It is well known that dealing with the Polytheists and Non-Muslims is permissible if they are amongst the Ahlul Dhimma (non-Muslims living under the protection of a Muslim state), living in the countries/states of Islam. If they are peaceful, and not at war, the ruling is the same as that. However, if they are at war, it is not permissible to have dealings with them, whether it is in the country they have invaded/occupied, such as the Jews in Palestine, or in their own country/state. As long as they remain at war it is not permissible to have dealings with them at all.

As for those who are peaceful as we have mentioned, the basic principle is permissibility (of dealings)."